Morocco and Romania claimed the bulk of the gold medals on the final day of athletics action at the Francophone Games in Kinshasa.

Mauritius' Marine Loanne Tracy clinched the women’s over-78kg crown.There were also two titles for France

Japan dominated the first day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Hungary Masters event in Budapest, earning three of the available five gold medals.

Bogdan.A high-profile women's under-52kg final featured the Olympic silver medallist Amandine Buchard of France

France's Sarah Léonie Cysique.Japan's Haruka Funakubo earned bronze by ippon against Priscilla Gneto of France

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has announced a record 33 teams for the European Flag Football Championships in Ireland later this month.

and SwitzerlandBritain, who managed silver in 2019, is in Group B along with Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France

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all-around title in gymnastics ©Chengdu 2021Rebecca Gargano, right of Italy and Sarah Camille Noutcha of France

A group of French Olympic athletes scaled the Mer de Glace - the largest glacier in France - in a bid

French sports brand Le Coq Sportif has unveiled the first range of its clothing for next year’s Olympics in Paris.

In durable material, mainly cotton, dyed and knitted in France, the products offer absolute comfort.French

A new opinion poll in France has identified greater scepticism among Parisians over the staging of next

The survey found that 63 per cent of respondents did not believe France would be prepared to host the

split opinion in the poll, with 50 per cent believing that France will be ready and 49 per cent saying

capacities, in particular with regard to transport, little helped in this by the shortcomings of the Ile-de-France

security where the troubled memory of the incidents of the 2022 Champions League final at the Stade de France

The chaotic scenes outside the Stade de France for the 2021 Champions League final is believed to be

Romania completed a clean sweep of table tennis titles at the Francophone Games in Kinshasa as Morocco delivered more athletics golds.

Ionescu, but he did enough to see off Fabio Adrien Rakotoarimanana of Madagascar 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7.France

Harris of Canada in the women’s under-63kg final.It could have been a hat-trick of judo titles for France

The next Rugby League World Cup will take place in the Southern Hemisphere in 2026 after France withdrew

The cancellation of France 2025 has given us an opportunity to refresh the structure of the World Cup

Two-time winners Germany have been sent crashing out of the FIFA Women's World Cup group stages following a draw against South Korea, while Colombia and debutants Morocco advanced from Group C.

loss.The Africans face a tough challenge in the next round as they are scheduled to face Group F winners France

French politicians Aymeric Caron and Julien Bayou have shared a video calling for a boycott of next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris created by a "fake" media outlet.

video showed scenes of police violence as they clashed with protestors during riots that have consumed France

This is now the image of France in the world," Bayou, a member of the Europe Ecology - The Greens party

the Games' Organising Committee published that showed 72 per cent of respondents were in favour of France

The French Government is set to sign a charter in the coming months that will require homestay platforms such as Airbnb to notify users of excessively high prices in Paris due to its hosting of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A study by Deloitte earlier this year stated that the average price for a one-night stay in Île-de-France

 Airbnb has been heavily criticised in France with some claiming local residents are being priced

platform ©Getty ImagesThe French Institute of Public Opinion revealed that nearly a fifth of Île-de-France

out their accommodation plan to do so for the Olympic Games.Airbnb has come under heavy criticism in France

 Airbnb currently advertises around 800,000 accommodation options in France, with 22,000 in Paris

Hungarian capital Budapest is set to host the crème de la crème of judo at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Judo World Masters, starting tomorrow.

Kosovan Tokyo 2020 champion Distria Krasniqi is the one to beat in the under-52kg class ©Getty ImagesFor France

Heavy rain and potential thunderstorms have put the open water swimming Paris 2024 Olympic Games test event at risk this weekend.

due to be held tonight between representatives from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, the Île-de-France

Championships relay 💪 pic.twitter.com/RdhuK71qvk— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) August 3, 2023Since 2016, France

Canada, France, Armenia, and Cameroon won the first titles in judo at the Kinshasa 2023 Francophone Games

Anais Perrot secured the women's under-48 kilograms title for France after beating Signoline Kanyamuneza